Debris

Ten meter long net adrift in 10-52.46S 133-21.08E at 110143Z oct

Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 3036/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-10-14 05:45Z

This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · AUSSAR 6199/14 110358Z OCT 14 - COMCOGARD SECTOR GUAM 110142Z OCT 14.. Issued 2014-10-11 05:45Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -10.874, 133.351. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Arafura Sea →

issued
2014-10-11 05:45Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2014-10-14 05:45Z
authority
AUSSAR 6199/14 110358Z OCT 14 - COMCOGARD SECTOR GUAM 110142Z OCT 14.
issued by
AUSSAR
sea
Arafura Sea
position
-10.874, 133.351
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST.
ARAFURA SEA.
DNC 05.
1. TEN METER LONG NET ADRIFT IN 10-52.46S 133-21.08E
   AT 110143Z OCT. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA,
   PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868,
   E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3000/14(81), SEARCH SUSPENDED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 140545Z OCT 14.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
Position (degrees and minutes)
How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

62 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

2 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 02:01Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.